Check out this sign that is first thing when you enter onto campus. It reads “Kindly do not feed the Baboons.” Stephen and I find this hilarious but the students on the other hand do not. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard students complaining about how the baboons got to their food again and ate all their groceries for the week. Even when there are bars on the windows the baboons will send their babies in to bring food back to their mothers.
The start to our 8 mile hike. This road is at the back of campus leading onto forestry reserves.
Part of our hiking crew. This group invited us to come along on their annual hike that they’ve done together since they were freshman. We were really honored to be invited!
African Plant life.
Mpumi and me.
Matume, the class president.
The trail going up.
The city of George below and the Indian Ocean beyond.
Our two nuts (Mpumi & Muedanyi).
This picture shows the perspective of how high up we were. Just around this bend was where things got really narrow and one wrong move and you’d be rolling down the mountain side.
I thought this was the coolest flower. It was growing like a moss on the rocks.
This is how small our path was towards the top.
Lebo and me.
We finally made it to the top.
Are these shutters not beautiful?
Lebo thinking about the hike back down.
The view of George from the opposite side of the mountain on our way back down.
How cool is this flowering plant?
Mpumi
This is the national flower, a Protea.
Another cool plant.
The end of our hike. “Done and done!”
